Creating a Healthy Back with Pranakriya Yoga

Yoga and physical therapist Marlysa Sullivan’s first instructional yoga Cd uses simple yoga poses to strengthen and lengthen the core muscles of the body. This is a safe and preventative approach to maintaining a healthy back, and the program’s tracks can be individually selected for a more personalized and therapeutic approach to healing back pain. The instructions are clearly described with detailed cues and the program is supplemented with color photos of the poses in the Cd booklet. Cautions and modifications are given for the poses, and many tracks repeat the poses with the second engagement having further cuing details. Overall this is a wonderful gentle and slowly paced Cd that not only helps strengthen and heal the back but will also create a greater awareness and engagement of the core muscles of the body.

Timothy Burgin is a Kripalu & Pranakriya trained yoga instructor living and teaching in Asheville, NC. Timothy has studied and taught many styles of yoga and has completed a 500-hour Advanced Pranakriya Yoga training. Timothy has been serving as the Executive Director of YogaBasics.com since 2000. He has authored two yoga books and has written over 500 articles on the practice and philosophy of yoga. Timothy is also the creator of Japa Mala Beads and has been designing and importing mala beads since 2004.

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